2023 High School Golf

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The 2023 season begins tomorrow with the Woodford Classic at Wytheville Golf Club. A lot of area teams will be involved. Many teams will be without star players who qualified for the Virginia State Golf Association Junior Amateur at Birdwood in Charlottesville. The VSGA Junior Amateur is a 54-hole stroke play event played August 1-3 featuring the best 84 players from across the Commonwealth. 

Some locals through round 1.

T12 - Grayden Laird (Galax) 71
T12 - David Goode (George Wythe) 71
T32 - Talan Gentry (Galax) 73
T61 - Walker Gillespie (Giles) 79
T61 - Mason Funk (Abingdon) 79
 

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Galax is coming into the season having recently played in the PGA of America National High School Invitational in Frisco Texas July 17-19. Galax placed 32 out of 50 schools from all over the country. Most of the top schools were private schools featuring golf academies with players recruited from all across the country. 

T29 - Grayden Laird 70-80-73 = 223
T69 - Carson Iroler 74-80-76 = 230
T141 - Talan Gentry 77-84-78 = 239
290 - Adam Dillon 89-103-92 = 284
T299 - Jedd McGrady 101-107-88 = 296

The tournament was played across 3 courses. Galax played Fields Ranch West (17th), Fields Ranch East (18th), and The Tribute (19th). Temperatures were between 104-109 degrees everyday with winds gusting upwards of 40 MPH on day two of the tournament. The winds ballooned the field scoring average to well over 80. Grayden distinguished himself finishing tied for 29th in a field of over 350 players and has since received several contacts from D1 colleges. He won a Tarheel Junior Golf Tour event in Raleigh NC back in June with rounds of 70-65 for a -9 under par total. That tournament was held at Lonnie Poole, which is NC State's home facility.   

Galax rising sophomore Carson Iroler recorded a hole-in-one on the first day of the tournament in Frisco. Link attached. 

https://www.instagram.com/p/CuzkQ9lO9U1/?img_index=1

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The Woodford Classic at Wytheville Golf Club was postponed last week due to weather and was rescheduled for yesterday. Galax and Abingdon each played without their #1 players. Grayden Laird and Conner Brummitt were playing an AJGA event in Greenwood, SC. 

Team Standings

1. Floyd - 302
2. Galax - 310
3. Abingdon - 313
4. Lee - 317
5. Marion - 333
6. Patrick Henry GS - 348
T7. George Wythe - 366
T7. Gate City - 366
9. Chilhowie - 377
10. John Battle - 383
11. Rye Cove - 397
12. Rural Retreat - 409
13. Castlewood - No Team Score

Individual standings

1. David Goode - GW - 68
T2. Carson Iroler - Galax - 72
T2. Isaiah Cantrell - Floyd - 72
T2. Mason Funk - Abingdon - 72
T5. Jackson Cook - Abingdon - 74 
T5. Johnathan Whitlow - Floyd - 74
T5. Carter Wolfe - Gate City - 74
T8. Adam Dillion - Galax- 75
T8. Grayson Sheets - Marion - 75
T8. Brycen Coomer - Lee - 75
11. Talan Gentry - Galax - 76


 

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https://www.pmg-va.com/galax_gazette/sports/ghs-golf-team-earns-trip-to-national-tourney/article_b5768ac0-c714-509a-bd89-18df2c80dd75.html

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Marion clinched the SWD regular-season championship and an automatic bid to the Region 2D tourney. The Canes' Grayson Sheets birdied three out of his final five holes to finish with a two-under par 34.  The Junior earned SWD player of the year honors for the second consecutive year.  The teams return to Tazewell CC on Sept. 25 for the district tournament.

At Tazewell County Country Club

Team Scores

Marion 156, Graham 168, Richlands 191, Virginia High 192, Tazewell 194, Lebanon 223

Individual Results

Marion – Grayson Sheets 34, Jack Ford 39, Isaac Roberson 40, Ethan Baggett 43

Graham – McCartney Hinkle 36, Bailey Goodson 40, Keith Sarver 45, Alana Hammaty 47

Richlands – Cooper Hurst 40, Jake Diperna 47, Levi White 52, Greta Cline 52

Virginia High – Nate Harper 43, Landon Lee 46, Gracie Belcher 51, Mason Campbell 52

Tazewell – Trevor Smith 44, Chase Brown 48, Ethan Martin 48, Landon Price 54

Lebanon – Hunter Musick 50, Peyton Mullins 50, Tristan Boyd 61, Gavin Tichero 62

Medalist

Grayson Sheets, Marion

 

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Auburn Invitational at Auburn Hills in Riner on Monday September 18. The MED Tournament will be Monday September 25 at Auburn Hills. 

Team Scores

Galax 301, Giles 331, Auburn 340, George Wythe 346, Bland 420, Fort Chiswell 466, Grayson County 492

Individual Scores

Galax - Grayden Laird 69, Carson Iroler 70, Talan Gentry 73, Porter Laird 89, Adam Dillon 90, Jed McGrady 91

Giles - Walker Gillespie 72, Coltan Farrell 77, William Ballard 86, Cameron Hausen 96, Autumn Bowles 100, Aiden Frazier 104

Auburn - Drew Royal 73, Matthew Altizer 85, Josh Givens 87, Carter St.Clair 95, Zac McGlothlin 96, Shane Riggins 96

George Wythe - David Goode 70, Reece Vaught 84, Landon Heavens 93, Jaelyn Taylor 99, Cannon Woods 100, Payton Rigney DNF

Bland - Brady Thompson 92, Sean Brady 103, Landon Dykes 110, Hayden Ferrell 115, Bailee Thompson 127, Levi Porter 144

Fort Chiswell - Elizabeth Caldwell 99, Colton Mooney 102, Kasey Wyatt 130, Ryland Stitt 135, Eva White 140, Jackson Walker 144

Grayson County - Lane Baker 119, Colby Hash 121, Nathan Haste 125, Rusty Handy 127, Jacob May 129, Logan Boyer 130

 

Medalist

Grayden Laird, Galax

 

 

 

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I've been saying it for years. There is enough homegrown talent in greater SWVA for the likes of VT and Radford to field exceptional women's golf programs. A trio of amazing freshmen led Radford University to their first team championship since 2010. All three of those freshmen are from greater SWVA.

Macy Johnson - Salem High School - Big South freshman of the week last week and Big South player of the week this week. She fired rounds of 73-70-68 = 211 to win Individual medalist honors in only her second career collegiate start. She was T8 in her college debut last week.

Grace Addison - Abingdon High School - Fired rounds of 72-71-74 = 217 in her second college event. She finished T26 in her college debut last week.

Mckenzie Weddle - Floyd County High School - After a rocky start, she bounced back to push her team over the top for a victory. She finished 80-77-70 = 227. She was T19 in her college debut last week.

These three, along with fellow freshman Caroline Gilreath of Patrick Henry - Roanoke are going to push each other to some pretty special places over the next 4 years.

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Hogoheegee District Tournament 

At Holston Hills GC

Team Scores

Patrick Henry 337, Chilhowie 353, Northwood 410, Rural Retreat 426, Honaker 455, Holston (incomplete)

Individual Results

Patrick Henry – Carter Lester 80, Savannah Riley 81, Carson Street 86, Keegan Hutton 90

Chilhowie – Will Barnes 79, Ethan Doss 90, Brody Davison 91, Will Goodwin 93

Northwood – Walker Jones 81, Dawson Prater 105, Duke Colley 106, Bricen Frye 118

Rural Retreat – Isaac Miller 92, Tripp Umberger 108, Olivia Bailey 110, Olivia Crigger 116, Ben Ferrence 116

Honaker – Presten Keen 107, Collin Jessee 113, Garrett Shortt 117, Zoe Street 118

Holston – Brody Thomas 91, Colton Woodward 104, Payton Long 122

Medalist

Will Barnes, Chilhowie

 

Cumberland District Tournament

At Cedar Hill Country Club

Team Scores

Castlewood 362, Rye Cove 369, Eastside 420, J.I. Burton 431, Thomas Walker 441, Twin Springs 481

Individual Results

Castlewood – Bailee Varney 82, Payton King 90, Cayden Dishman 94, Parker King 96

Rye Cove – Dawson Kern 81, Jon Kern 81, Gabe Ramsey 97, Johnna Turner 110

Eastside – Adam Burke 93, Will Johnson 103, Landon Nixon 110, Darren Williams 114

J.I. Burton – Abigail Absher 94, Hayden Sturgill 104, Bailee Couch 112, Chloe Cantrell 121

Thomas Walker – Parker Jackson 98, Danton Saylor 107, Donnie Saylor 113, Ike Smith 123

Twin Springs – Brennon Weddle 115, Mason Culbertson 118, Kylee Smith 123, Maddie Pearcy 125

Medalist

Dawson Kern, Rye Cove

Rye Coves's Dawson Kern defeated teammate Jon Kern in a playoff hole to earn Medalist honors. 

 

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MED Championship at Auburn Hills Golf Club in Riner. Monday September 25, 2023

Team Scores

Galax 288, Auburn 335, Giles 340, George Wythe 343, Bland 410, Grayson County 467, Fort Chiswell 475

Individual Scores

Galax - Grayden Laird 67 (D1 - POY), Talan Gentry 69 (D1), Carson Iroler 76 (D1), Adam Dillon 76 (D1), Porter Laird 83 (D2), Jed McGrady 92

Auburn - Drew Royal 75 (D1), Matthew Altizer 82 (D2), Shane Riggins 88 (D2), Josh Givens 90, Carter St. Clair 91, Zac McGlothlin 97

Giles - *Walker Gillespie 73 (D1), *William Ballard 88 (D2), *Coltan Farrell 89 (D2), Autumn Bowles 90, Cameron Hansen 92, Jack Ross 99

George Wythe - *David Goode 75 (D1), *Reece Vaught 83 (D2), *Cannon Woods 90, Landon Heavens 95, Payton Rigney 96, Jaelyn Taylor 110

Bland - Brady Thompson 91, Hayden Ferrell 103, Sean Brady 104, Landon Dykes 112, Bailee Thompson 113, Levi Porter 136

Grayson County - Lane Baker 114, Jacob May 115, Logan Boyer 118, Nathan Haste 120, Rush Handy 123, Colby Hash 125

Fort Chiswell - Elizabeth Caldwell 106, Colton Mooney 108, Kasey Wyatt 130, Eva White 131, Jackson Waller 136

Medalist

Grayden Laird - Galax - 67

Galax shot even par as a team to advance to Region C play where they will be joined by Auburn. Region C is being held at Great Oaks Country Club in Floyd Wednesday September 27.

* = Advance to Region C play as individuals. 

D1 = 1st Team All MED

D2 = 2nd Team All MED

POY = MED Player of the Year

 

 

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Region 1D Tournament 

Monday, Sept 25, 2023 at Holston Hills GC, Marion 

Team Results 

x-Patrick Henry 348, x-Chilhowie 376, Rye Cove 382, Castlewood 385, Grundy 418, Council 540. 

Individual Results
Patrick Henry: Savannah Riley 79, Carter Lester 87, Keegan Hutton 87, Carson Street 95 (Holden Belcher 96, Braeden Nichols 102). 

Chilhowie: Will Barnes 81, Ethan Doss 96, Will Goodwin 99, Connor Murphy 100 (Brody Davidson 102, Lakyn Austin 110). 

Rye Cove: y-Jon Kern 78, Dawson Kern 89, Gabe Ramsey 96, Noah Ramsey 119 (Johnna Turner 121, William Huff 139). 

Castlewood: Bailee Varney 87, Cayden Dishman 94, Parker King 96, Payton King 108 (Steven Sommerell 111, Tru Ruff 124). 

Grundy: Tiffany Deel 99, Ethan Deel 100, Cade Sutherland 109, Mason Boyd 110 (Carson Deel 114, Bryce Looney 126).  

Council: Connor Elswick 133, Dylan Hagy 134, Landon Street 136, Caleb Mullins 137.

Medalist

Savannah Riley, Patrick Henry

 

y-Walker Jones (Northwood) 85, y-Brody Thomas (Holston) 86, Colton Woodward (Holston) 95, Isaac Miller (Rural Retreat) 101, Parker Jackson (Thomas Walker) 103, Adam Burke (Eastside) 104, Hayden Sturgill (J.I. Burton) 104, Duke Colley (Northwood) 107, Abigail Absher (J.I. Burton) 111, Eddie Hurley (Hurley) 117, Will Johnson (Eastside) 117, Dawson Prater (Northwood) 121, Danton Saylor (Thomas Walker) 121, Ben Mayhew (Twin Valley) 129, Gavin Matney (Hurley) 135.

x-teams advance to Class 1 state tournament (Great Oaks CC in Floyd)

y-individuals advance to Class 1 state tournament  

 

Southwest District Tournament

Monday, Sept 25,2023 at Tazewell CC

Team Results

x-Marion 323, x-Graham 333, Virginia High 374, Tazewell 375, Richlands 381, Lebanon 409, 

Individual Results

Marion: G.Sheets 74, J.Ford 77, E.Baggett 84, B.White 88. 

Graham: M.Hinkle 72, B.Goodson 85, D.Goins 87, A.Hamaty 89. 

Virginia High: y-L.Lee 80, y-N.Harper 87, G.Belcher 97, M.Campbell 110.

Tazewell: y-T.Smith 88, y-E.Clevinger 92, C.Brown 95, E.Martin 100. 

Richlands: y-C.Hurst 83, z-L.White 94, J.Diperna 102, L.Salyers 102. 

Lebanon: H.Musick 94, J.Campbell 99, C.Hess 100, N.Delp 116. 

Medalist

McCartney Hinkle, Graham

 

x-teams advance to Region 2D tournament (Cedar Hill CC in Jonesville)

y-individual advance to Region 2D tournament

z-def. H.Musick of Lebanon in playoff to advance to Region 2D tournament  

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1C Championship at Great Oaks Country Club in Floyd. Wednesday September 27, 2023

 

Team Scores

Galax 302, Auburn 360, Eastern Montgomery 406, Narrows 447

 

Individual Team Scores

*Galax - Grayden Laird 71, Talan Gentry 73, Carson Iroler 75, Adam Dillon 83, Jed McGrady 98, Porter Laird 100

*Auburn - Drew Royal 80, Matthew Altizer 82, Shane Riggins 98, Zac McGlothlin 100, Josh Givens 101, Carter St. Clair 104

Eastern Montgomery - Hunter Howard 88, Cam Sutphin 97, Cyrus Underwood 108, Drew Smith 113, Kelly Mills 119, Coltin Conner 123

Narrows - Landon Lindsey 100, Andrew Meredith 114, Jackson Leighton 116, Aaron Gilbert 117, Nick Thompson 121, Carter Holmes 126

 

Individual Scores

*David Goode - George Wythe - 72
*Walker Gillespie - Giles - 79
*Reece Vaught - George Wythe - 87
Colton Farrell - Giles - 87
William Ballard - Giles - 94
Cannon Woods - George Wythe - 97
Isaac Ingram - Bath - 109
Carter Hooker - Bath - 111

*Advance to the Class 1 State Championships. Reece Vaught defeated Colton Farrell in a playoff to advance. 
 

 

Medalist

Grayden Laird - Galax - 71

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looks like 2D was well represented once again at the state tournament.  Lee winning and I believe they return their entire team next season.  Should be interesting since they beat Floyd at their home course and will have to travel back there again if they want to do it.  good luck and congratulations.  How many 2D State Golf champions have we had in the past several years?

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3 hours ago, S10SQUAREBODY4LIFE said:

looks like 2D was well represented once again at the state tournament.  Lee winning and I believe they return their entire team next season.  Should be interesting since they beat Floyd at their home course and will have to travel back there again if they want to do it.  good luck and congratulations.  How many 2D State Golf champions have we had in the past several years?

The 2D teams to win state championships prior to this year, Graham in 2013 and Union in 2018. 

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On 10/14/2023 at 8:00 PM, S10SQUAREBODY4LIFE said:

looks like 2D was well represented once again at the state tournament.  Lee winning and I believe they return their entire team next season.  Should be interesting since they beat Floyd at their home course and will have to travel back there again if they want to do it.  good luck and congratulations.  How many 2D State Golf champions have we had in the past several years?

Yes, Lee returns their entire team next year and will only lose one next year.  So they are set up for the next couple of seasons

 

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If any team can find 4 kids to shoot 80, they've got a shot.  Anything under 80 for a young kid is just extra.  Heck, I'd be happy staying at 80 lol.  

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On 10/19/2023 at 10:04 AM, S10SQUAREBODY4LIFE said:

If any team can find 4 kids to shoot 80, they've got a shot.  Anything under 80 for a young kid is just extra.  Heck, I'd be happy staying at 80 lol.  

I agree.  Lee's top 5 shot 78, 79, 80, 81, and 82